Stories

Ocean Hour

Two friends sit on a dock, meandering through a variety of ocean stories (some true and some not):

Circling the Center of Creation

Scott Carrier joins the ranks of thousands of religious pilgrims who have been circling the base of Mount Kailash in Tibet for centuries.

2007
18:05
Scott Carrier

Re:sound #73: The Siblings Show

This hour: brothers and sisters contend with family illness.

Re:sound #75: The True Crime Show

This hour: amateur sleuths and internet detectives.

The Obscure News: Anatomy of a Punch, Part Two (INC)

The Obscure News podcast claims to feature "all the news the networks omitted." Dedicated to redeeming the ordinary, it's a chorus of anonymous voices telling those weird little anecdotes that are born every day, all tied together by a steadfast host, driving rhythm, and strategic bits of found sound.

2007
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Lloyd B. King

Hearing America: A Century of Music on the Radio (INC)

One hundred years ago, shipboard technicians listening for Morse code messages on their newly installed wireless telegraphs heard something incredible: music.

2007
0
Nate DiMeo

Sweeping Statements

Being a teenager can be really hard. Especially if you've flunked out of school. Or your dad has disappeared.

2007
06:48
Judith Sloan

Tin Man

Part Wizard of Oz, part Dante's Inferno, part absurdist radio theater, and part anti-corporate musical, this 20-episode podcast follows the Tin Man (but not necessarily the one you're thinking of) on a bizarre and venturesome journey through landscapes familiar and unknown.

2007
05:58
Matt Sahr

90 Degrees North

From the exact top of the world, Elizabeth Arnold reflects on being so far away from the rest of it.

2007
11:34
Elizabeth Arnold

Leaps and Dunes

Summer sleepover camp means more than mosquito bites, sunburn, twig art, and bonfire gatherings. Camp offers many kids their first taste of independence -- which can be equal-parts blissful and terrifying.

This Ain't No Walk in the Park

City dweller Natalie Edwards confronts her distaste for all things green. Reluctantly.

2007
06:30
Natalie Edwards

Big House / Disclosure

Big House/Disclosure is a multimedia project exploring the legacy of slavery, the genesis of house music, and Chicago's role as the first U.S. city to adopt a Slavery-Era Disclosure Ordinance (which requires companies doing business with the city to reveal if they profited from slavery in the past).

Sensory Deprivation Tank

Jonathan Goldstein's got a knack for exploring life's great (and simple) mysteries via the telephone.

2007
06:14
Jonathan Goldstein

Divided Families: The Hidden Cost of Migration

Here's a love story that stretches across two decades, thousands of miles, and an international border. Rocio and Francisco are married but have kept their family together by living apart for the past 19 years.

Little Black Train

Eighty-two-year-old Daphne Reed is married to and madly in love with a man 30 years her juinor. She's been thinking a lot about death recently, and about the future years her husband will likely spend without her.